| title | subtitle | author |
|---|---|---|
The Fools Who Dream |
(Computer Science Edition) |
Justin Hurwitz (Lyrics Justin Le) |
[Charles Babbage]
His difference engine / did multiplication
And sometimes addition by three
He saw the Jacquard loom / the idea in him grew:
The analytical machine
Here's to the ones who dream
Programmable machines
Inspired by woven quilts
But he'll never see them built
[Ada Lovelace]
The Countess of Lovelace / was told about her place
But became the first programmor
Could tame Fibonacci / compute the Bernoulli
But knew that the future held more
Here's to the ones who dream
A world full of lights and screens
Science and art both freed
New page for society
[Alan Turing]
He heard the commotion / about computation
They asked the wrong questions, he said.
The humans that made them / are what complicate them
He dreamed of the perfect instead.
Here's to the ones who dream
Exploring the boundaries
What is machine and soul?
And are we willing to go?
[Code]
Here's to the fools who dream
Crazy as they may seem
Here's to the loops we break
Here's to the code we make
I trace it all back to them
Charles, Ada and Alan
Debugging through it
They said they'd compute it again